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News from June 2007
Blum's new book examines honesty and lies in China
Susan D. Blum, associate professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of a new book titled "Lies that Bind: Chinese Truth, Other Truths," which explores the ideology of truth and deception...
Published June 28, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Political scientist analyzes fallout from European immigration in new book
Why have traditional immigrant-receiving states historically permitted high levels of immigration and to what degree can its political and social fallout be managed?
Published June 28, 2007 by Kelly Roberts
Notre Dame hosts two NEH summer seminars
The University of Notre Dame is hosting two National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer seminars in which college and university professors with related interests are able to conduct scholarly research under the direction of an expert.
Published June 27, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
ND Professor Johansen appointed president of Bethany Theological Seminary
Ruthann Johansen, visiting associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has been selected president of Bethany Theological Seminary...
Published June 27, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
The engraver's monument
It's an odd little monument, as Notre Dame monuments go, that shrunken monolith of concrete among the park benches just west of Malloy Hall's Chapel of Mary, Seat of Wisdom.
Published June 27, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
Catholic peacebuilders gather in Colombia
Bogota, Colombia, is the site of this year's Catholic Peacebuilding Network conference. Church leaders, scholars and peacebuilding practitioners from around the world are gathering...
Published June 25, 2007 by Joan Fallon
A hot job market for 2007 graduates
A remarkable 88 percent of the University of Notre Dame's class of 2007 graduated with plans in place for employment or further education, according to the annual survey of graduates conducted by the Office of Institutional Research.
Published June 25, 2007 by Carol C. Bradley
Alumni club creates endowment to fund cross-cultural intern program
The University of Notre Dame has received a $500,000 gift from the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles to establish an endowment to fund the Cross-Cultural Leadership Intern Program-Los Angeles (CCLIP-LA).
Published June 22, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
An evolving relationship
Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History and a leading scholar of American religious and cultural history, was recently the subject of an article in the South Bend Tribune. Among the topics he discussed was the relationship between Catholics and evangelicals.
Published June 21, 2007 by Mariem Qamruzzaman (in the South Bend Tribune)
Institute for Latino Studies issues annual Hispanic housing report
There is a cautiously optimistic view of homeownership prospects for Latino immigrants in the United States, according to a report released this month by the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) and the nonprofit organization Esperanza.
Published June 20, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Conference aims to transform culture of youth sports
Leaders of Catholic youth sports programs from across the United States will join forces on the University of Notre Dame campus June 22 to 24 (Friday to Sunday) to participate in a movement to transform the culture of youth sports.
Published June 18, 2007 by Kristin Sheehan
Summer Shakespeare season takes "smart" approach
Theater enthusiasts will enjoy a multitude of opportunities to share in the talents of a troupe of the finest professional Shakespearean actors this summer...
Published June 14, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
ND theologian Father Elizondo receives John Courtney Murray Award
Rev. Virgilio P. Elizondo, the Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology, received the John Courtney Murray Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America...
Published June 12, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
Puente to receive Latino community service award
Sylvia Puente, director of the Center for Metropolitan Chicago Initiatives (CMCI) in the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), will receive a community service award from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)...
Published June 7, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Sociologists explore worldwide social movement
When Notre Dame sociologist Jackie Smith attended the first World Social Forum, held in 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organizers expected 4,000 participants. Instead, more than 15,000 people gathered to explore alternative globalization.
Published June 6, 2007 by Joan Fallon
Senior receives sports journalism award
Ken Fowler, a University of Notre Dame senior from Long Beach, N.Y., has been selected as the first recipient of the annual Harry Ornest Memorial Award in Sports Journalism. The award includes a summer internship at The Los Angeles Times.
Published June 1, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
Institute for Latino Studies: Bringing Notre Dame back to its roots
If, as Notre Dame's president emeritus, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., once said, "The University is where the Catholic Church does its thinking," then Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) is where...
Published June 1, 2007 by Shannon Chapla